Button.



PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

H. P. PROUD.

BUTTON. APPLIUATION FILED APR.13,1904.'

l Mal'. ATTORNEY. 7

Patented February 7, 1905.

HARRY i. FROUI), OF NRV.' YORK, Y.

Burro N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,646, dated February '7, 1905. I Application filed plll 13, .1904 Serial ND 2034019.

VBo it known that l, llamar l. Feonn, a citii .'fzen of the United States of America, `residing at New Yorlt city. in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Buttons, of which the following a si'iecilieation.

My invention has reference to improvements in buttons and analogous .devices` and particularly to covered buttons.

The ordinary covered button heretofore made has the exterior annular surface of its metallic collet exposed, and as the metal is liable to corrosion the exposed portion oi the collet is iapanned For better grade of buttons, particular-l5v for those intended for better grade of clothing, thisl japanned(surface is olijectionable. lt has been proposed to cover the entire bach ol' the button with silk cloth` using `said cloth also as a bunch or tuft for attaching the button to the fabric, but this construction is not adequate, the covering does not give sutiicient hold for the attzuifhing-threail.

The object ot' in v invention is therefore to provide a covered button having' its back covered with a suitable cloth presenting a tinished appearance corresponding to that of the Vfront of the button, whihl a separate and independent tuft is provided for attaching purposes, thus producing a button covered in its cntiretliv and at the same time affording means for its attachment to the cloth, the `anic as that of the ordinary cloth button.

To this end iiirv invention consists, essentially, in a button comprising a cloth-covered shell, a perforated cloth covering, and a tutt-piece within said collet and haring a tuft projecting the collet.

The 'ature of in v intention willbest be nderstood when described in connection with 1e accompanying drawings, in which Figure .i represents a rear View of a loutton en'ibodying my invention. Fig. Q is a transverse section on the line 2, Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a similar section through the shell ind cloth, Fig. is a similar section through he collet, t uftpiece,and collet-covering. Fig.

through collet having an exterior i perforated, as usual, at f-i for the passage of the tult l, forming part of the tutt-piece e, and is provided with a circumferential upturned flange 3. 'ihc cloth falso overlaps the inner periphery of the collet JZ and the flange 3. A usual tutt-piece ff iseniployed, as before stated, which is preferablyv overlapped by the cloth covering j at the outer periphery of the collet (2.. 2 is a usual paper filling placed between the collet d and the shell /.-tl\at is to say, between the tuft-piece e and the shell, as usual.

The several parts of the button are assembled in the usual manner, the collet, shell, and

paper filling wedging the several cloths and the tuft-pieee when theibutton is closed.-

lt will be readily understood from the foregoing that the finished button presents a covered collet and a separate and distinct tut't, which latter is used for attaching the button to the fabric. In this respect it is distinguished from allsuch buttons in which the collet was covered and the covering used as attaching means for the button.

The configuration or shape of the button, the materials used in its manufacture, and the manner of asseinblingsuch parts may be varied without departing from the. spirit of Inv invention. the essential feature of which is a perforated fabric-covered colletconibined with an attaching-tutt passing through the collet.

What I claim as new is'- 1. A cloth button comprising a covered shell, a perforated collet, a tutt-piece having a tuft extending through the perforation in the collet, and a separate, perforated coveringcloth for the collet extending over the exterior portion of the collet and over the two perforated collet. a Ulft-piece having a auft i extending through the perforation in the collet, and a separate, perforated covering-cloth extending over the exterior portion of the Collet.

In tesimeny whereof I have honi-milo .wt my hand in the presence of two subscribing 10 witnesses.

HARRY l". Fvi) 'Witnesses BAENA H. Ymnzm', A. FABER DU FAITH, Jr. 

